#140B4A#140B4A

#140B4A is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.8% C 0.108 H 278.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#140B4A
RGB	rgb(20, 11, 74)
HSL	hsl(249, 74%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(249, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 85.1%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.97, 25.98, -37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.97, 45.28, 305.02°)
OKLab	oklab(21.81% 0.0168 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(21.81% 0.108 278.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.6438, 0.8823, 6.5609)
Luminance	0.0088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#140B4A #414A0B

analogous

#0B224A #140B4A #340B4A

triadic

#140B4A #4A140B #0B4A14

tetradic

#140B4A #4A0B22 #414A0B #0B4A34

square

#140B4A #4A0B22 #414A0B #0B4A34

split-complementary

#140B4A #4A340B #224A0B

monochromatic

#07041B #07041B #140B4A #22137F #311BB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.85

#140B4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#140B4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #140B4A

17.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##140B4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##140B4A	1.00	17.85	1.18	17.85
#FFFFFF	17.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001E2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #140b4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 11, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.8% 0.108 278.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b4b7d',
    500: '#140b4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #140b4a;
$custom-light: #5b4b7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#140b4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21811,
    "c": 0.10839,
    "h": 278.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#140B4A

secondary

#79862B

accent

#F137D6

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#04010A

muted

#79777C

Preview Lab

Preview with #140B4A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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